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Team GB consolidated their second-place on the medal table with another historic 24 hours on Monday. Charlotte Dujardin joined Laura Trott on three Olympic golds, while Sophie Hitchon won the countrys first hammer medal and Mark Cavendish finally made it onto a Games podium.Here is all you need to know about our heroes from Monday:?GoldEvent: Equestrian -- dressageName: Charlotte DujardinAge:?31Hometown: Leighton BuzzardImpress your friends: Dujardin has enjoyed a fruitful near decade-long relationship with her horse, Velegro, but the gelding was not initially intended for her. In 2007, the double Olympic champion was hired by her now-teammate Carl Hester to work at his yard as a groom, with one of the first jobs Dujardin was given being to bring on Velegro for Hester. However, following a strong start to the 2011 European Gran Prix season it was decided to keep them as a pair, and the rest is history.?Click here for moreSilverEvent: Cycling -- mens omniumName:?Mark CavendishAge:?31Hometowns:?Isle of ManImpress your friends: Cavendish is widely acknowledged as being the finest sprinter of his generation, and now he has an Olympic medal to sit alongside those 30 Tour de France stage wins. But cycling has not always been his only passion. As a teenager his competitive spirit saw him excel at ballroom dancing. People used to take the piss out of me for it but I was good at it and we won, so I kept at it, he said in 2011.Click here for moreBronzeEvent: Athletics -- womens hammerName:?Sophie HitchonAge: 25 ?Hometown:?BurnleyImpress your friends: Hitchon may have made history as a field athlete, but she began life as a ballet dancer. From the age of four until 14, the 25-year-old focused her energies on ballet. Three years after making the switch, though, Hitchon had broken the British under-17 record.?Click here for more White Air Max Australia . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Clearance Air Max Australia .ca NBA Power Rankings, ahead of the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. http://www.shopairmaxaustralia.com/ . Datsyuk will miss Tuesdays game against New Jersey and could be sidelined longer, while Cleary will likely miss at least the next three games. Its been an injury-plagued season for Datsyuk, who has suited up for just 39 games. Air Max Australia Running Shoes . PETERSBURG, Fla. Air Max Australia For Sale . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. Youre supposed to throw the form book out the window before a Showdown.But never has there been a bigger discrepancy in form between Adelaide and Port Adelaide than ahead of Saturdays Showdown XXXXI.The Crows are flying high, sitting third on the AFL ladder after winning their last three games by a combined 292 points and firming as strong premiership contenders.The Power, on the other hand, are a team in disarray, with their 40-point loss at home to Melbourne turning up the heat even further on coach Ken Hinkley and his underperforming troops over a season gone awry.History, however, suggests it wont be so straight forward.I like to back in history, Adelaide skipper Taylor Walker told reporters on Monday.Internally we know were playing some good footy. But Showdowns are always challenging.Wherever you are on the ladder, its a good spectacle for the fans. Im sure it will be like that.Port expect the same, despite talk they are the biggest pre-Showdown underdogs of all time.Travvis Boak concedes he has never faced a more challenging time as Power captain.ddddddddddddWeve been challenged a lot during the year and thats what happened when youre losing games of footy - your whole club gets challenged, he said.The only way forward is to stay positive, stay together and improve.We know theyre the in-form team in the competition right now. We know were up against a big, big challenge.Both sides have also received contrasting news on the injury front.Chad Wingard (hamstring), Hamish Hartlett (calf) and Billy Frampton (groin) have been ruled out for the rest of the season while key forward Charlie Dixon (ankle) is in doubt for the Power.Adelaide, meanwhile, could regain two-time Showdown medallist Sam Jacobs, who is nearing a return from an ankle injury, while Paul Seedsman (corked buttock) faces a fitness test later in the week. ' ' '